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wvillas
This is wvillas living in Australia.I work in Australia. I like to hang out in Tsim Sha Tsui, Mong Kok, Tsuen Wan. Japanese, British, French are my favorite cuisines. I also love Outdoor, Japanese Cafe, Coffee & Tea Shop and Udon, Ramen, Dessert.
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a good option for tea time Smile Feb 08, 2011  
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Categories : Western | Coffee & Tea Shop | Bakery | Dessert

Located near Masterpiece in TST, this cake shop depicted itself as a boutique shop, showing different kinds of jewelery-like cakes and biscuits. In fact, I have been to this bo-shop many times. Every time when I passed by this shop, it reminded me of cake shops in Paris and Japan.
Fascinated by those great masterpieces, I was convinced that a piece of cake was worth trying because of its luxurious decorations. So I ordered a piece of Charcoal at the counter. In addition, there also featured several kinds of cakes. The most notable thing was that this cake shop's service was also awesome. Unlike other cake shops, shop assistants here kindly gave us some water and offered some napkins for us, treating us as their honorable guests. Besides, the thing that I appreciated the most was that it had two tables which allowed customers to sit down and enjoyed their time.
In conclusion, this must be a lovable boutique cake shop. Not only because of its hospitality, its food and environment were also better than others. Therefore I don't agree with those reviews with bad comments.
 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Charcoal
 
Table Wait Time: 0 minute(s)


Date of Visit: Feb 07, 2011 

Spending per head: Approximately HKD32(Tea)

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first meal in post-CNY Smile Feb 07, 2011  
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Categories : Japanese | Teppanyaki | Drivers Friendly Dining | Special Occasion Dining

This was the first meal of my CNY. Entering the arcade, we noticed there were still many tourists, particularly Mainlanders. However, the ambiance wasn't as crowded as expected. Therefore, I thought it might be nice to dine in iSquare. Thinking whether we should had casual dining or the better quality ones, we looked at the directory, trying to make up our mind a.s.a.p. Alright, we took the escalator to 28F at first, as I believed it would be a nice restaurant. However, there seemed to be a better choice, thus we had a look at the 29F one. Walking out from the lift, our ears were nearly damaged owing to the loud dragon dance. We looked at the menus of Yaegiku and had our final decision.

Inside the Japanese restaurant, there was a 180 degree panoramic view, featuring the entre Victoria Harbour. Surprisingly, on my left side, there was also a room for teppanyaki, which I didn't notice at first. Unlike other restaurants of Sky Garden, the atmosphere here was so comfortable and pleasant, while the service was neither good nor bad. Having a look at the set lunch menu, I still found it hard to make a decision 'cause I really had a desire to try all of them. But I chose tempura, sashimi rice with udon set ($140) and my mate decided to have a fried udon with rice which was $20 cheaper than mine. In my set, it came with a green salad, udon, green tea and desert (cheesecake). As for my mate, it looked generally the same as mine, except that hers had a miso soup.

Overall, I would definitely suggest food lovers to have a try at this restaurant. Beautiful view, nice service, large food portion and good sanitation were the reasons why I graded it at a high score. I wished that I can come at Sky Garden and try other delicacies before my leave weeks later.
 
 
 
 
Date of Visit: Feb 07, 2011 

Spending per head: Approximately HKD145(Lunch)

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an Aussie experience Just OK Feb 02, 2011  
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Categories : Australian | Steak House | Western Restaurant

My wish came true. Entering the shopping mall Elements, we observed many people still having lunch in the restaurant from ground floor. However, as I really had a strong desire to try Australian cuisine, I was brought to Wooloomooloo Steakhouse. When we approached the restaurant, the waitress kindly offered us a table, asking if we'd like anything to drink. Then, we looked at the lunch menu. Mmmmm...I was pondering if the price was a little bit expensive or not. Initially, I wanted to have a grilled turkey sandwich. Unfortunately, the first and the third one (grilled lamb) were sold out. The remainings were only pasta and beef tenderloin, knowing that I wasn't feeling well, I decided to order a pasta. The same as my mom.
First, there came a soup (cream soup with nth), served with bread and olive oil. The soup was great, I mean comparing with other Western restaurant, it should probably be much better. However, the bread was too dry & plain. Afterward, my clam pasta, which looked quite nice, was also given by the waitress. The pasta was very tasty, clams were not too fresh though. I was wondering if the pasta had been done for a long time or just finished immediately. Lastly, the hot lemon water should be fared the best.
Generally speaking, my 'Aussie experience' was somehow disappointing as the pasta was served a bit cold and the waitress/waiter were not too helpful and kind. If a chance was given, I would choose other Aussie cuisine like Wagyu or the same Wooloomooloo in Central. I hope those would be much more better than this one.
 
 
 
 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  clam pasta
 
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Date of Visit: Feb 02, 2011 

Spending per head: Approximately HKD110(Lunch)

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organic choice Just OK Jan 28, 2011  
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Categories : Western | Western Restaurant | Casual Drink

Longing for my favourite British food, I persuaded my mom to have it with me. As I suddenly recalled there's brunch in simplylife, a high-class maxim concept dining, my mom took me to there. Though we saw a long queue, we didn't leave but just spent sometime waiting outside the restaurant. Actually I really loved this restaurant because it always reminded me of maxims, the most trusted restaurant/dining retail group in Hong Kong. So I decided to have a try again.
Having a seat, my mom and I each ordered a lunch set. There's plenty of choices so I had to better think twice before ordering it. I made up my mind to have an English breakfast and soup of the day (pumpkin soup). A drink (tea) was also included. Anyhow I thought that the drink used a concept called crossover- Chinese and Western culture. Okay, my order came.
First, the soup was very tasty, making me mad of the strong taste of pumpkin, though the bread was not that good. I mean crumby but too hard and nothing special. Therefore, I dipped it into the soup.
Then, my drink- tea. I did not really expect too much anyway, but it smelt good and oolong mixed with peach was not doubt a good combination.
After that, how' bout my English breakfast? Overall speaking, I believed that if more raisin bread was provided, it would be better. The sausage, bacon and egg were really heavy, so it's better to have more carbs.
As a whole, I would really like to try other brunches next time to fulfill my curiosity. Haha!
 
 
 
 
Recommended Dish(es):  english breakfast
 
Date of Visit: Jan 26, 2011 

Occasion:  Anniversary 

Spending per head: Approximately HKD90(Lunch)

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worthwhile yet no 2nd time Just OK Jan 27, 2011  
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Categories : Mediterranean | Western | Western Restaurant | Seafood

This was actually my third visit to Wanchai. Not knowing what're the best restaurants there, I had to ask for passer-by about directions to QRE Plaza. After a while, I reached Hopewell Center, which seemed likely to be the right way to my destination. Then, we looked at the billboard, searching for the so-called oyster bar.
When we arrived at the restaurant, we had to wait for a couple minutes. Okie dokie, we had a seat at the upper floor. However, knowing that the lower one offered a much wider choice, we made our decision to choose there. Just paying for $10 more, we each ordered a salad bar as our appetizer. The salad bar was better than others and comparable to the one in Cova Harbour City. From fresh seafood to Italian parma ham, from different veggies to different kinds of bread, we were fascinated by those varieties. So in the first round, I took an egg salad, parma ham, sesame bread, some veggies (romaine lettuce) and salmon as well. Then, it came my vegetable soup. Mmmm... delicious yet a bit out of my expectation, I thought the soup should be much better at first. Alright, let me enjoy my main course- grilled sole fillet with roasted veggies. The fish tasted medium but the lettuce plus potato were awesome. Lastly, an iced tea was served. Just as I said, I was not too surprised at all.
In conclusion, the salad looked like the best, I mean in terms of varieties and taste, I found that the chef should have paid so much effort on it. But the main course was not that bad, but it can be better.
 
 
 
 
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Date of Visit: Jan 24, 2011 

Spending per head: Approximately HKD98(Lunch)

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